Agni Purana — Chapter 197
AgP 197.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नक्षत्रव्रतकानि नाम षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ नक्षत्रव्रतकामदमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , छ॥ च । नक्षत्रव्रतके ऽन्नदमिति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् २३० छप्तेर् {१९७} :श् अथ सप्तनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः दिवसव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच दिवसव्रतकं वक्ष्ये ह्य् आदौ धेनुव्रतं वदे यश्चोभयमुखीन्दद्यात् प्रभूतकनकान्वितां
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nakṣatravratakāni nāma ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 nakṣatravratakāmadamiti kha.. , ga.. , cha.. ca / nakṣatravratake 'nnadamiti gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca :p 230 chapter {197} :ś atha saptanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ divasavratāni agnir uvāca divasavratakaṃ vakṣye hy ādau dhenuvrataṃ vade yaścobhayamukhīndadyāt prabhūtakanakānvitāṃ
Thus (ends) the one hundred and ninety-sixth chapter, called "The Vows of the Lunar Mansions," in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa. [Notes: 1. Mss. kha, ga and cha read "nakṣatravratakāmadam"; mss. gha, ṅa and ña read "nakṣatravratake 'nnadam." p. 230] Chapter 197. Now the one hundred and ninety-seventh chapter: The Vows of (Particular) Days. Agni said: I shall declare the day-vow; first I speak of the cow-vow. He who gives a cow with two mouths (i.e. one calving), furnished with abundant gold,
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AgP 197.2
दिनं पयोव्रतस्तिष्ठेत् स याति परसम्पदं त्र्यहं पयोव्रतं कृत्वा काञ्चनं कल्पपादपं
dinaṃ payovratastiṣṭhet sa yāti parasampadaṃ tryahaṃ payovrataṃ kṛtvā kāñcanaṃ kalpapādapaṃ
and remains for a day observing the milk-vow — he attains the highest prosperity. Having kept the milk-vow for three days, (and having given) a golden wish-granting tree,
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AgP 197.3
दत्वा ब्रह्मपदं याति कल्पवृक्षप्रदं स्मृतं दद्याद्विंशत् पलादूर्ध्वं(१) महीङ्कृत्वा तु काञ्चनीं
datvā brahmapadaṃ yāti kalpavṛkṣapradaṃ smṛtaṃ dadyādviṃśat palādūrdhvaṃ(1) mahīṅkṛtvā tu kāñcanīṃ
having given (it), he goes to Brahmā's station; (thus) the gift of a wish-tree is taught. One should give more than twenty palas, making the earth of gold,
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AgP 197.4
दिनं पयोव्रतस्तिष्ठेद्रुद्रगः स्याद्दिवाव्रती पक्षे पक्षे त्रिरात्रन्तु भक्तेनैकेन यः क्षपेत्(२)
dinaṃ payovratastiṣṭhedrudragaḥ syāddivāvratī pakṣe pakṣe trirātrantu bhaktenaikena yaḥ kṣapet(2)
and should remain for a day observing the milk-vow: the day-vower attains Rudra('s world). But he who in fortnight after fortnight passes three nights on a single meal,
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AgP 197.5
विपुलं धनमाप्नोति त्रिरात्रव्रतकृद्दिनं मासे मासे त्रिरात्राशी एकभक्ती गणेशतां
vipulaṃ dhanamāpnoti trirātravratakṛddinaṃ māse māse trirātrāśī ekabhaktī gaṇeśatāṃ
he who performs the three-night vow for a day obtains abundant wealth; he who in month after month eats (only) for three nights, taking one meal (a day), (attains) the rank of a lord of the hosts.
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AgP 197.6
यस्त्रिरात्रव्रतं(३) कुर्यात् समुहिश्य जनार्दनं कुलानां शतमादाय स याति भवनं हरेः
yastrirātravrataṃ(3) kuryāt samuhiśya janārdanaṃ kulānāṃ śatamādāya sa yāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ
He who performs the three-night vow with reference to Janārdana goes to the dwelling of Hari, taking a hundred of his families with him.
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AgP 197.7
नवम्याञ्च सिते पक्षे नरो मार्गशिरस्यथ(४) प्रारभेत त्रिरात्राणां व्रतन्तु विधिवद् व्रती
navamyāñca site pakṣe naro mārgaśirasyatha(4) prārabheta trirātrāṇāṃ vratantu vidhivad vratī
And on the ninth of the bright fortnight in Mārgaśīrṣa a man, as an observer of the vow, should begin the vow of the three nights according to the rule.
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AgP 197.8
:न् १ दद्यात् त्रिंशत्पलादूर्ध्वमिति घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च २ क्षिपेदिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च ३ यस्त्रिरात्रशतं कुर्यादिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ञ॥ ४ मार्गशिरस्य चेति ख॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् २३१ ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय सहस्रं वा शतं जपेत् अष्टम्यामेकभक्ताशी दिनत्रयमुपावसेत्
:n 1 dadyāt triṃśatpalādūrdhvamiti gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca 2 kṣipediti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca 3 yastrirātraśataṃ kuryāditi ga.. , gha.. , ña.. 4 mārgaśirasya ceti kha.. , gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 231 oṃ namo vāsudevāya sahasraṃ vā śataṃ japet aṣṭamyāmekabhaktāśī dinatrayamupāvaset
[Notes: 1. Mss. gha, ja and ña read "dadyāt triṃśatpalād ūrdhvam"; 2. mss. kha, ga, gha, ṅa and ña read "kṣipet"; 3. mss. ga, gha and ña read "yas trirātraśataṃ kuryāt"; 4. mss. kha, gha, ja and ña read "mārgaśirasya ca." p. 231] He should mutter "oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva" a thousand or a hundred times; eating one meal on the eighth, he should fast for three days.
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AgP 197.9
द्वादश्यां पूजयेद् विष्णुं कार्त्तिके कारयेद् व्रतं विप्रान् सम्भोज्य वस्त्राणि शयनान्यासनानि च
dvādaśyāṃ pūjayed viṣṇuṃ kārttike kārayed vrataṃ viprān sambhojya vastrāṇi śayanānyāsanāni ca
On the twelfth he should worship Viṣṇu; in Kārttika he should have the vow performed. Having fed brahmins, (he should give) garments, beds and seats,
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AgP 197.10
छत्रोपवीतपात्राणि ददेत् सम्प्रार्थयेद्द्विजान् व्रतो ऽस्मिन् दुष्करे चापि विकलं यदभून्मम
chatropavītapātrāṇi dadet samprārthayeddvijān vrato 'smin duṣkare cāpi vikalaṃ yadabhūnmama
he should give umbrellas, sacred threads and vessels, and should entreat the twice-born: "Whatever in this difficult vow of mine has been defective,
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AgP 197.11
भवद्भिस्तदनुज्ञातं परिपूर्णं भवत्विति भुक्तभोगो व्रजेद् विष्णुं त्रिरात्रव्रतकत्रती(१)
bhavadbhistadanujñātaṃ paripūrṇaṃ bhavatviti bhuktabhogo vrajed viṣṇuṃ trirātravratakatratī(1)
let that, sanctioned by you, become complete." Having enjoyed his enjoyments, the observer of the three-night vow goes to Viṣṇu.
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AgP 197.12
कार्त्तिकव्रतकं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं दशम्यां पञ्चगव्याशो एकादश्यामुपोषितः
kārttikavratakaṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ daśamyāṃ pañcagavyāśo ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ
I shall declare the Kārttika vow, which bestows enjoyment and liberation: on the tenth eating the five products of the cow, on the eleventh fasting,
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AgP 197.13
कार्त्तिकस्य सिते ऽभ्यर्च्य(२) विष्णुं देवविमानगः चैत्रे त्रिरात्रं नक्ताशी अजापञ्चप्रदः सुखी
kārttikasya site 'bhyarcya(2) viṣṇuṃ devavimānagaḥ caitre trirātraṃ naktāśī ajāpañcapradaḥ sukhī
and having worshipped Viṣṇu in the bright (fortnight) of Kārttika, he travels in a celestial car. In Caitra, eating (only) at night for three nights and giving five she-goats, he is happy.
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AgP 197.14
त्रिरात्रं पयसः पानमुपवासपरस्त्र्यहं षष्ठ्यादि कार्त्तिके शुक्रे कृच्छ्रो माहेन्द्र उच्यते
trirātraṃ payasaḥ pānamupavāsaparastryahaṃ ṣaṣṭhyādi kārttike śukre kṛcchro māhendra ucyate
Drinking milk for three nights, then devoted to fasting for three days, beginning on the sixth of bright Kārttika — this is called the Māhendra penance.
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AgP 197.15
पञ्चरात्रं पयः पीत्वा दध्याहारो ह्य् उपोषितः एकादश्यां कार्त्तिके तु कृच्छ्रो ऽयं भास्करोर्थदः(३)
pañcarātraṃ payaḥ pītvā dadhyāhāro hy upoṣitaḥ ekādaśyāṃ kārttike tu kṛcchro 'yaṃ bhāskarorthadaḥ(3)
Having drunk milk for five nights, then with curd as food, then fasting, on the eleventh in Kārttika — this penance is the Bhāskara, which grants wealth.
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AgP 197.16
यवागूं यावकं शाकं दधि क्षीरं घृतं जलं पञ्चम्यादि सिते पक्षे कृच्छ्रः शान्तपनः स्मृतः
yavāgūṃ yāvakaṃ śākaṃ dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ jalaṃ pañcamyādi site pakṣe kṛcchraḥ śāntapanaḥ smṛtaḥ
Gruel, barley-gruel, vegetables, curd, milk, ghee, water — beginning on the fifth of the bright fortnight: this penance is known as the Sāntapana.
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